This applies to 99% of companies:

#GDPR "forget me" request sent.
#DPO looks at it, tells IT guys to run the deletion
IT guys couldn't care less, wait a couple hours, go buy beers, get back and send ok email to DPO
DPO mails you "we've deleted your data"

The problem lies in #trust. And lies create a trust problem.

This afternoon, an acquaintance joined a Mastodon instance and asked me which "celebrities" are present in the Fediverse, as if it were important to determine the value of a social network based on that.

I told him that the most important user in the Fediverse is him. Just as it’s you, reading this. Someone who has decided to interact with others freely. Who has chosen to trust their administrator (or create their own instance) more than they trust those who run traditional, monolithic, centralized social networks.

So, I want to thank all the friends of BSD Cafe, whether local or not, for being here and making this place what it is. And I thank all my friends in the Fediverse, who make my timeline lively, interesting, intelligent, fun, and thought-provoking - every day, at any time.

#BSDCafe #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialNetworks #SocialMedia #Community #Trust #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #JoinTheFediverse

It is our #mistake. We should double check it. Not only double, but triple check it. One more thing I want to add is that people should not consider Google as the standard. #Google is just a search engine, and any person can post anything on it. Don't just believe it. Just cross check!

Source: wired.com/story/ai-halloween-p…

And at the end it's your mistake that Google is full of #fake so don't blame the search engine for it!

#responsibility #ai #check #journalism #Press #messenger #Problem #Software #news #technology #future #Trust #Halloween

#AI failed again 🎃🎉😱

Source: independent.co.uk/news/world/e…

#journalism #Press #ai #Trust #Dublin #Ireland #Halloween #fail #news

Dublin: Chaos as thousands turn up for AI ‘hoax’ Halloween parade that didn’t exist

Thousands of Dubliners patiently waited for a Halloween parade that would never come

^{Barney Davis (The Independent)}

Unpopular rulings on #elections, #abortion, presidential #immunity, #guns & other issues — as well as the #criminal cases against #Trump, which will likely move forward if he loses — have driven down public #trust in #SCOTUS & the #justice system.

That decline may be hard to reverse no matter which candidate prevails — especially if the courts play a role in deciding the winner.

#law #judiciary #courts #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

Americans' #Trust in #Media Remains at Trend Low

Trust in political and civic institutions highest for local and state #governments, lowest for media and #Congress

Source: news.gallup.com/poll/651977/am…

In an age of #fake news, #propaganda, #maga, #Twitter #bots and Russian #troll factories, we actually need trustworthy journalism. I must once again explicitly point out that the principle of "trust nobody" does not mean no longer believing official sources and only consuming unfiltered news from Russian-controlled #Telegram channels and basing your world view on them.

"Trust nobody but don't stop thinking - if you belive the earth is flat you are far beyond a border no one should pass!"

#news #Problem #society #government #journalism #Press #fail #usa #conspiracy #deepstate #future #politics #internet #fakenews #russia #trump #bot #trolls

Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low

Americans' confidence in the media is at its lowest point, as Democrats' confidence is near the record low and Republicans' is almost nonexistent.

^{by Megan Brenan (Gallup)}